{"id":555881,"date":"2021-06-07T16:36:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T20:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=555881"},"modified":"2021-06-07T16:36:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T20:36:16","slug":"watch-mexican-fans-hurl-bottles-homophobic-insults-at-u-s-mens-team-during-contentious-soccer-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-mexican-fans-hurl-bottles-homophobic-insults-at-u-s-mens-team-during-contentious-soccer-match\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Mexican Fans Hurl Bottles, \u2018Homophobic\u2019 Insults At U.S. Men\u2019s Team During Contentious Soccer Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-mexican-fans-hurl-bottles-homophobic-insults-at-u-s-mens-team-during-contentious-soccer-match%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=555881&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1322252874.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>U.S. men\u2019s soccer is back, and while their Sunday victory over the Mexican national team in the CONCACAF Nations League final signaled their apparent resurgence on the national stage, it was the contentious nature of the match \u2014 both from fans and players \u2014 that dominated the conversation afterwards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Christian Pulisic\u2019s penalty kick in extra time won the match 3-2 for the Americans before backup goalie Ethan Horvath\u2019s incredible penalty save off of a hand-ball.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.6769230769231\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CHRISTIAN PULISIC IN EXTRA-TIME \ud83e\udd76 (\ud83c\udfa5 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSSportsGolazo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CBSSportsGolazo<\/a>)  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fLuUEwsZc5\">pic.twitter.com\/fLuUEwsZc5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 B\/R Football (@brfootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brfootball\/status\/1401753782720028672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cFor this group, it\u2019s really important,\u201d U.S. manager Gregg Berhalter <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/united-states-usa\/story\/4401803\/usmnts-epic-nations-league-triumph-over-mexico-provided-plenty-of-lessons\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> after the win. \u201cWe\u2019re a young side and we need to learn how to win. These games are very difficult, and for us it was about having a game plan and executing the game plan, but then it\u2019s also about the fight in the spirit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It was the first competitive victory for the U.S. men\u2019s team over Mexico since 2013, and the match between the two rivals was far from friendly, with shoving matches between players, flying projectiles from the stands, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/mexico-fans-throw-bottles-us-soccer-players-nations-league-final-win-1598052\">homophobic<\/a> slurs hurled at American players.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.515527950311\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mexico\u2019s fans threw bottles at US players all night, injuring one of our best players with a bottle to the head, forced the game to be stopped because of their homophobic chants, &#038; I bet it gets less attention from woke sports media than Westbrook getting popcorn poured on him.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1401765488045219840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Following Pulisic\u2019s game-winner, the USMNT team were pelted with debris \u2014 including beer cans and water bottles \u2014 and USMNT player Giovanni Reyna was struck in the head by a flying object.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.4285714285714\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reyna hit in the head, throwing stuff at the players is BS <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pIRo7JMrhP\">pic.twitter.com\/pIRo7JMrhP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vikings Blogger (@firstandskol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/firstandskol\/status\/1401755136033116164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Thankfully, Reyna was able to return to the pitch for the trophy ceremony.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTotal lack of respect for what\u2019s happening on the field and all effort that both teams are putting into the game,\u201d Berhalter <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/soccer\/2021\/06\/07\/usmnt-mexico-nations-league-final-anti-gay-chant-unruly-fan\/7581279002\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cI think he\u2019s going to be OK, but he did take something to the head, and it could have been a lot worse.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Near the end of the match, a fan was tackled after he found his way onto the pitch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s not the first time there have been issues with homophobic slurs during a Mexican national team soccer match. During the CONCACAF Nations semifinal between Mexico and Costa Rica, several fans were ejected during the first half due to their use of homophopic Spanish word.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Chants from the stands reportedly grew so loud that the referees had to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/mexico-vs-costa-rica-nations-205000227.html\">stop<\/a> play for three minutes until the chanting stopped, as part of CONCACAF\u2019s anti-discrimination policy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The use of the Spanish word at Mexican soccer games goes back years, and FIFA does have a three-step procedure to deal with the chant in its tournaments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2021\/06\/04\/nations-league-mexico-homophobic-slur\/\">Washington Post<\/a>, the first step is to halt the match, the second is to send players to the locker room, and the third is to call the game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOur aim is to educate and inform fans that even if their intention is not to offend, this chant does offend many people and has no place in the game,\u201d Victor Montagliani, Concacaf\u2019s president and a FIFA vice president, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2021\/06\/04\/nations-league-mexico-homophobic-slur\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> in a statement. \u201cThe Mexican Football Federation have themselves made it very clear that they want their fans to cease this chant and leave it in the past.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The USMNT victory is a major step forward for a program that has drastically underperformed in recent years. The U.S. men\u2019s national team did not qualify for the 2018 World Cup after losing to Trinidad and Tobago in qualifying, and head coach Bruce Arena resigned following the loss. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to <\/i><i>sports@dailywire.com<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. men\u2019s soccer is back, and while their Sunday victory over the Mexican national team in the CONCACAF Nations League final signaled their apparent resurgence on the national stage, it &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279512,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1322252874.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Mexican Fans Hurl Bottles, \u2018Homophobic\u2019 Insults At U.S. Men\u2019s Team During Contentious Soccer Match","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-555881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1322252874.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Mexican Fans Hurl Bottles, \u2018Homophobic\u2019 Insults At U.S. Men\u2019s Team During Contentious Soccer Match","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}